***Author's Note: I'm sorry this update didn't come sooner. I had plans to have this up Monday but I had writers block for a little while. I also just got a promotion at work and they have me working completely flopped hours from what I normally work so I'm exhausted and my internal clock is going haywire. We may or may not be getting to the goods. The rating of this chapter may or may not be M for Mature. We may or may not be very near the end. Awww I'm sad just thinking about it. I love my loyal followers. Please read and tell me the truth but be gentle. ;)***
Regina's backyard looked like a kids dream. Too bad Josh and Neal were the only young attendees. Regina and Snow had thought ahead though. It was a lego themed party. The cake was extravagant. Emma couldn't even begin to comprehend where they had gotten it but it was three tiered and said Happy Birthday Josh on the different tiers. It had a giant lego 1 on top that Emma discovered was in fact a candle but looked so much like actual legos that at first she had wanted to play with it. There were plates with lego people faces on them, a napkin holder made from legos as well as one to hold the forks and spoons.
Even the pizza they were set to eat looked like legos. They were cut into 2x4 squares with two pepperonis on each. There was lego bean bag toss, a lego piñata, pin the head on the lego man and some other simple lego-themed games that Emma had yet to discover the rules to.
For the kids, there were juice boxes that looked like legos. For the many adults at the party, Snow and Regina bought three large drink dispensers that looked like lego people heads but dispensed Coors Light, Margaritas, and Water from the spigot near the bottom of the head.
It was shaping up to be a heck of a party if Emma did say so herself and Snow and Regina had really outdone themselves. If only the brunette hostess had bothered to show her face. There were already guests arriving. They went around back to sit and chat. Charming and Neal were the first to arrive, Snow had been at Regina's since midmorning so she joined them playing hostess while Emma greeted newcomers and directed them where to go. Ruby and Granny were next to arrive, followed closely by Archie and the dwarves. Lily and Will showed up together, Maleficent hot on their heels. Emma had heard she didn't exactly approve of their relationship but she was not always up to date on the town gossip.
The party had started to kick off. Henry played with his brother and their uncle. The adults were drinking and carrying on when Regina finally decided to make her entrance and Emma stopped in her tracks. Boy did the woman know how to make an entrance. She looked so carefree yet flawless. Her hair had been freshly dyed, as she told Emma yesterday she didn't want to have any grey hairs in any pictures, and perfectly quaffed. She was wearing a mint green sleeveless dress with a ruffled skirt and she looked more beautiful in this moment than Emma had ever seen her look. Her legs seemed to go on forever and in true Regina Mills fashion ended in 4 inch heels that probably cost a fortune. Emma couldn't look away. Most of the guests had taken notice of Regina but a few were more concentrated on Emma taking notice of Regina.
"Hey doll you look incredible."
Regina blushed and thanked Emma, "Hey sorry it took me so long I just wanted to look really sensational in any pictures we take today." They both chuckled and smiled at each other. Regina appraised Emma's attire as well. The blonde looked beautiful. She always did. Her princess curls didn't falter and her makeup was light. She was wearing her normal skinny jeans with brown boots. The dress shirt she wore was a gorgeous burgundy, Regina's favorite color. Did Emma know that? Regina had worn this particular dress because Emma's favorite color was green but surely Emma wasn't concerned with such things.
The rest of the day passed quickly. Everyone had a blast and some were stumbling down Mifflin St when the party was over. David said he would make sure everyone got home safely and he was already scheduled to take the evening shift anyways so he'd be on call tonight.
Snow helped Regina clear some of the food and games but Regina kept telling her not to worry. Henry and Emma would clear some of it up this weekend finally playing their part in Josh's birthday bash. Emma said goodbye to the last of the guests and came outside to help her two favorite brunettes clear up any perishables from Regina's backyard.
"This was a hell of a party you two. Well done," Emma hugged her mother. She attempted kiss Regina on the cheek as she was cleaning one of the buffet tables but Regina turned just in time and she caught her square on the mouth. It was extremely brief as Emma had not intended to linger. Regina's eyes were wide and she looked to Snow for guidance.
Snow turned her head towards the house and replied, to no one, "I'll be right there. Well it appears as if I am needed inside. Regina I will bring Josh home tomorrow morning at about 10 ok?" She didn't wait for a response just bolted out of the backyard.
Regina glared at Snow's backside as she left, then gave Emma a tight lipped smile awkwardly looking at the ground, "Excuse me" she said softly as she attempted to move back into the house.
"I don't know what else I need to do Regina."
Regina stopped and looked around the yard, "Well, you could break down the tables…"
"No not… You know what never mind. It was a great party. See ya later," Emma's tone did not indicate to the brunette at all that she wasn't upset about something but Emma was already disappearing through the adjoining fence into her own backyard.
Regina glared at the gate for a second. Emma was being extremely rude all of the sudden for no apparent reason. Did she think Regina'd kissed her on purpose and now she was angry? Regina squared her shoulders and charged after her. She opened Emma's sliding glass door. The blonde was pacing back and forth in her kitchen when Regina stormed into the house.
"Well that was a little rude Miss Swan. What is the matter with you all the sudden? I put all this work into OUR son's birthday and this is how you act?" Emma had really pushed Regina if she was calling her Miss Swan.
"What do I need to do Regina?"
"Why do you keep saying that? What is wrong?"
"What do I have to do to get to realize that I'm in love with you?"
Regina simply stared in awe at the woman she adored, fighting back tears and disbelief, "What?"
"What do I need to do? Spend all my spare time with you? Save the town with you? Be best friends with you? Have a baby with you? Oh, wait a minute… wait a minute, I've done all those things!"
"How about actually communicate? Tell me these things. Don't yell at me like I'm some kind of mind reader Emma!"
"Oh what? I was just supposed to say Regina I love you and everything would be fine?!"
"Maybe if you weren't so wrapped up in your own head all the time!"
"What is that supposed to mean?!"
"This," Regina lunged forward and crashed her lips into Emma's clumsily pawing at any part of the blondes upper torso she could get her hands on. She could tell Emma was surprised at first but when her arms wrapped around the older woman Regina knew that Emma was not bluffing.
Regina moaned into Emma's mouth when the blonde moved her hands down Regina's back to palm the Mayor's magnificent behind. She pushed the brunettes core against her upper thigh and Regina gasped into Emma's mouth. The sheriff smirked a bit as she watched the Mayor bite her lip, "So much for sex not being a priority. I think someone has been denied release for too long."
Regina chuckled, composing herself a bit by running her fingers through her hair, "Don't flatter yourself Miss Swan. I've got two hands and a closet full of sex toys."
Emma's eyes got dark with lust. She leaned in and whispered real close to Regina's ear, "Well tonight Madam Mayor," the brunette noticeably shivered, "you won't be using any sex toys because I'm going to make you come so many times you'll lose count."
Regina turned her head and kissed Emma deeply. Their tongues flicked and explored. Regina held on to the back of Emma's neck. When breathing became a necessity, she pulled back and rested her forehead against Emma's never breaking their embrace, "Promise?"
Emma surprised Regina by kissing her tenderly and then again when she felt Emma pick her up bridal style. Regina squeaked which Emma thought had to be the cutest sound she'd ever heard. Regina clasp her hands around Emma's neck holding on tightly, "What are you doing?"
"I'm taking you upstairs to my bedroom so that I can finally see you naked in my bed like I've imagined you a thousand times and so I can make love to you again and again somewhere we can get comfortable," Emma moved closer to the stairs, "Although it did cross my mind to push up your dress and eat you out on my kitchen table," Regina's breathing hitched audibly, "but I kinda found that bad form since we have holiday and family dinners there every so often," Emma smiled at Regina.
"Good call," they both nodded and Emma carried Regina up the stairs as if she weighed nothing.
When Emma entered her bedroom, she laid Regina down on the bed and ran back to close and lock the door. Regina sat up on her elbows and watched Emma turn back toward her. The blonde was acting absolutely predatory, like she wanted to eat Regina alive and the mayor was loving it. Emma pulled off her shoes, her eyes never leaving Regina's. Her shirt was thrown haphazardly across the room and Emma reached Regina as she started to unbutton her jeans.
Regina reached her hands forward and grabbed Emma's, "Let me." She held onto the blonde's hips as she leaned forward and placed the tenderest of kisses on the younger woman's stomach. She unzipped the jeans that were plastered onto Emma's body and slipped her hands into them slowly moving so that, in the end, she cupped Emma's firm ass, "God I love how your ass looks in these jeans," the brunette breathed onto Emma's stomach, "but I love how it feels out of them."
Emma chuckled, "You need to stop teasing me woman." Her voice was riddled with lust. Regina had never heard her sound so utterly sexy. She hadn't thought it possible but she got even wetter hearing the sheriff's voice in that moment.
Emma untied the small bow that cinched Regina's dress at the waist and grabbed the hem. Regina lifted her arms so that her best friend could pull the dress straight up and over her head. Emma turned the dress right-side out and hung it neatly over the chair in the corner. Regina was speechless. When Emma came back the former queen pulled her down on top of her and kissed her passionately, nibbling at her lips.
"What was that for?"
"I just love you a lot and I've been holding it inside for a while."
Emma kissed her this time, "Well you don't have to anymore because I am equally in love with you. My heart skips a beat when you walk in a room. I look at you and everything is better. I'm better. I just hate that I was too much of a coward to say so sooner."
"Well what's past is past. But Emma?" The blonde looked into chocolate eyes, "Don't hold back now okay?"
Emma beamed, "As you wish my queen."
***Mwahaha. I know I'm evil but aren't you glad we at least got them together. More to come ;) Pun intended. Please review! Also bonus points if you spot the Friends reference.***